Ben Goldstein
The Archive
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August 24, 2008 | 7:21amGeminiDivision.com Electric Farm Entertainment and NBC join forces in this slick, 50-episode Web drama that stars Rosario Dawson as an undercover detective who discovers a global conspiracy while investigating the...
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August 17, 2008 | 4:00amThe Art of Relaxating YouTube.com Preview "Napoleon Dynamite" director Jared Hess' new "Gentlemen Broncos," and its lead, smug sci-fi author Dr. Ronald Chevalier, played by Jemaine Clement. Stretching never seemed...
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August 10, 2008 | 7:17amCourthouse - Confessions. blogspot.com Photojournalist Steven Hirsch takes pictures of people leaving Manhattan Criminal Court and asks them why they're there. Turns out that wild explanations and alibis are really...
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July 27, 2008 | 4:43amWatchmen Motion Comics iTunes.com Next March, "Watchmen," the greatest graphic novel ever, will be released as a movie - with all the brilliant back story slashed for brevity's sake. Watch...
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July 20, 2008 | 7:32amWestern Spaghetti YouTube.com/PESfilm Stop-motion master PES (a k a Adam Pesapane) delivers another tour de force with this utterly inventive depiction of a home-cooked meal. Ingredients include candy corn, Post-It...
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July 13, 2008 | 5:35amOn the Waterboard VanityFair.com For Vanity Fair's August issue, Christopher Hitchens allowed himself to be "waterboarded" in order to come to a true understanding of the interrogation tactic. His verdict?...
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July 6, 2008 | 6:00amMUTO BluBlu.org It's the most audacious public art you'll ever see. The Italian artist "Blu" used walls in Argentina and Germany to animate an ever-evolving being as it transfigures its...
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June 29, 2008 | 6:26amYouTube Screening Room YouTube.com/ytscreeningroom Every other Friday, YouTube hand-selects four critically acclaimed short films for viewing on its new Screening Room page. The current quartet is highlighted by "Are You...
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June 22, 2008 | 6:57amUrbanPrank-ster.com Charlie Todd of ImprovEverywhere.com documents all the madcap participatory art thriving today, from dinner parties in Ikea-display dining rooms to pickup marching band performances.'Carpet Bros' CarpetBros.blip.tv In this quirky...
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June 15, 2008 | 8:25amToyboize Toyboize.com The UK Web series follows a "childband" whose members reunite 20 years after their brush with fame. See them update their now-creepy lyrics and "audition" for Simon Cowell.Cassette...
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June 1, 2008 | 6:59amPork & Beans YouTube.com/Weezer It's like the Internet swallowed itself and barfed out a perfect three-minute pop song: Weezer's "Pork and Beans" showcases a horde of YouTube stars, from Chris...
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May 25, 2008 | 6:47amWilfred IFC.com Imagine you're a dog, owned by a young, single woman and every suitor represents a challenge to your territory. That's the premise of "Wilfred," a dark buddy comedy...
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May 18, 2008 | 7:02amGreen Porno SundanceChannel.com Apparently, Isabella Rossellini is into bugs. So much so that the veteran actress conceived, wrote and co-directed eight mini-films explaining their sexual habits. She re-enacts their mating...
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May 11, 2008 | 7:21amOver The Hills heavy.com In its original form, "dialogue" from "The Hills" is inane. When re-enacted by a troupe of senior citizens, it's genius. This four-part series features elderly folk...
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April 27, 2008 | 7:38amBlack Cab Sessionsblackcabsessions.com A cameraman, a sound guy and an indie music artist cram into the back seat of a cab to record a song, which is the bare-bones premise...
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April 20, 2008 | 8:31amOne-Gallon Ax Youtube.com/whitegoldiswhitegold Got milk? Not anymore. Dairy farmers have unleashed a sexually charged, gold lamé pant-wearing '80s rocker named White Gold as a viral marketing campaign for milk. If...
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April 13, 2008 | 5:06amPitchfork.tv Pitchfork.tv Last week, indie-rock taste-arbiters PitchforkMedia.com launched a separate video site, and it's already one of our go-to bookmarks for destroying workplace productivity. Pitchfork.tv's backbone is a music-video library...
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March 30, 2008 | 4:15am"Hillary's '3 A.M. ad' Girl Doesn't Approve of That Message" youtube.com Remember the girl from Hillary Clinton's "It's 3 a.m." ad? The one who grew up to be an active...
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March 23, 2008 | 5:08amHoneyShed honeyshed.com Home shopping on TV is for the housebound and elderly. Home shopping on the Internet, however, is for hipsters and tastemakers - or so it seems on HoneyShed,...
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March 9, 2008 | 8:01amThe Minisode Network YouTube.com/user/MinisodeNetwork IT'S a simple idea executed brilliantly: Edit down episodes of old TV shows into five-minute clips that retain all the plot points, thus fulfilling the Internet...